Africa
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1.1KFrom Fighting, Floods, Famine & Now COVID; Inside South Sudan’s Crisis Stockpile
By Our Reporter Tucked away behind the bend of a swollen river, an hour and a half by motorboat from the region’s...
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862MTN Group On Cloud9 As Its Annual Earnings Double On Uganda Tower Sales
By Our Reporter MTN Group, South Africa’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, said on Friday that it expected 2020 earnings to nearly...
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887Uganda on High Alert as New Ebola case is detected in Eastern DRC
A new case of Ebola has been identified near the city of Butembo in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the...
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1.3K4 soldiers injured in UPDF Helicopter crash in Somalia
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA: At least 4 Ugandan soldiers picked up injuries following a UPDF helicopter crash in Somalia on Friday, The African Union...
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1.2KDR Congo’s President Tshisekedi becomes African Union Chairman
By Our Reporter The DRC’s President Félix Tshisekedi has now taken over the helm of the African Union to serve as the...
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834Benin Presidential candidate wounded in gun attack
AFP: Benin presidential candidate was left wounded after gunfire hit his car soon after he formally filed his papers for the April...
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1.3KUnbelievable: Busia Residents In Shock Over Cow That Visits Toilet
By Our Reporter Residents of Nanjekho village in Busia county are living in fear and bewilderment after being visited by a strange...
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703African Aviation Week Of Mixed Emotions; Sadness & Happiness
By Our Reporter African Aviation industry has faced a week of mixed emotions, filled with happiness and sadness. Uganda Airlines receives second...
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865More Ugandan Women Arrested For Drug Trafficking In India
By Our Reporter A Nigerian man, identified as Kingsley, and two women from Uganda have been arrested with nine kilograms of narcotics...
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634MTN Jumps As Earnings Rise On Sale Of Some Tower Assets
By Our Reporter MTN Group Ltd. said profit may have almost doubled last year after the sale of stakes in telecom-tower joint...
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730Tensions Rise Over Escalating Abductions
By Our Reporter KAMPALA, Uganda – Ugandan authorities face pressure to find more than two dozen people allegedly abducted by security forces...
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708COVID-19, Regional Conflicts Engulf African Union Summit
By Our Reporter ADDIS ABABA – African leaders are expected to focus on the continent’s COVID-19 response at a virtual summit this...
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1.1K50 Years On From Idi Amin – The Indian Diaspora Still Remembers Him
This February marks 50 years since a malevolent and ruthless Ugandan army officer staged a political coup in East Africa and pronounced...
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1.3KOpinion: From Internet Shutdown to VPN Showdown, Govt Is on a Warpath
By Charles Onyango-Obbo Ahead of the January 14 election, Uganda shuttered the Internet, lifting them after almost five days. An earlier blockage...
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706GGGI Signs MOU With Green Building Council Uganda To Boost Four Secondary Cities’ Dev’t
GGGI Uganda and the Green Building Council (GBC) signed an MOU on Cooperation for Green City Development under a project intended to...
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665Ugandan Match-Fixing Suspect Released As Complainant Drops Case
By Our Reporter Nairobi — Ugandan Niwagira Ronald Mwine Fred arrested one week ago for allegedly trying to fix a Kenyan Premier...
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969DR Congo PM Sylvestre Ilunga resigns a day after Impeachment
KINSHASHA, DRC: DR Congo’s Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba resigned on Friday, a day after the National Assembly censured him for incompetence....
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1.2KSouth Sudan switches to new Time Zone
SOUTH SUDAN, AFRICA NEWS: The government of South Sudan Republic has announced it will switch to a new time zone by February...
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1.3KUganda’s Mbabazi eyes top AU job
AGENCIES: Uganda’s Prof. Pamela Kasabiiti Mbabazi is one of eight who have been nominated to contest as Vice Chairperson in next week’s African...
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750Court to rule today on recounting in Kampala Central MP polls
MENGO, KAMPALA: The Chief Magistrates court in Mengo will today (Thursday) rule on an application filed Fred Nyanzi seeking for a vote...
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887Construction Of Uganda-Tanzania Roads ‘To Start Soon’
By Our Reporter Kampala: Construction of two key roads linking Tanzania and Uganda is finally set for a takeoff. The multi-million dollar...
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726Nine Dead In Clashes On Somalia, Kenya Border
By Our Reporter Fighting broke out early Monday along Somalia’s border with Kenya, leaving at least nine dead and several injured on...
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720Police Still In My Compound Despite Court Order-Frustrated Bobi Wine
By Our Reporter The Ugandan High Court issued an order on Monday barring the military from surrounding the home of the main...
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1.1KUgandan Jews Not Eligible to Immigrate to Israel, State Informs High Court
By Our Reporter After years of deliberation, Israel’s Interior Ministry has determined that members of the Jewish community of Uganda are not...
